Where: Warrenton High School.When: Friday, Oct. 23.Time: 7 p.m.Coaches: Marshall — Jon Stockman. Warrenton — Steve McDowell.Records: Marshall — 3-6. Warrenton — 5-4.Last Year’s Meeting: Did not play.Outlook: Warrenton was awarded the third seed in the district, narrowly edging out Helias. McDowell is quick to defend Marshall’s deceiving record, which is a result of playing an extremely competitive schedule. The Owls’ only wins have come against Kirksville, Moberly and Boonville this season.McDowell expects Marshall to run multiple offensive formations, with I and split backs at times. The Owls have shown a tendency to employ the spread offense on third down.McDowell says quarterback Zach Maupin is Marshall’s most dangerous weapon on offense, posing more of a threat with his feet than arm. He has shown the ability to run the option effectively.Defensively, the Owls will operate out of a 5-2 front, meaning the Warriors will have to be very efficient on offense.To this point, Warrenton has been inconsistent on offense. The Warriors have been led by senior quarterback Braydan Chmiel, who has completed 98 of 159 passes for 1,167 yards and 11 touchdowns with eight interceptions.His primary target has been Jacob Abel with 317 yards on 31 catches, while Hunter Russell leads the team with 558 yards on 27 receptions.Chmiel, along with James Biship and Trey Taylor, has seen an increase in rushing responsibility with top rusher Cameron Richardson sidelined by a broken arm.Abel has also been a defensive leader with 83 tackles, while Jacob Null has 63 stops and three sacks.Aside from missing Richardson, the Warriors did suffer another significant blow last week with lineman Matt Copher incurring a season-ending injury. McDowell expects sophomore Chris Vogt to fill in his role at tackle moving forward.Bottom Line: After being humbled last year by Moberly, McDowell says he is making certain the Warriors don’t view the higher seed as a given victory this time around. In order to keep the season alive, he adds the Warriors will need to get their passes off more quickly and be more efficient on third down.—By Derrick Forsythe, Record Staff WriterWarriors